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Downtown events during the 2019 Canada Winter Games
Red Deerians are being encouraged to check their mailboxes this week for the 2019 Canada Winter Games – Downtown Event Guide. City officials say the guide highlights all the activities taking pl...
Feb 07, 2019

Niagara forward Jason Robertson thriving with IceDogs, pushing for scoring title
TORONTO - Forward Jason Robertson has found an extra gear since a mid-season trade to the Niagara IceDogs. And now he’s flirting with both a league scoring title and a chance for a deep run in t...
Feb 07, 2019
Reinstate scrapped Ontario sex-ed curriculum, lawyers argue in human rights case
TORONTO - Lawyers for a transgender girl fighting the Ontario government’s repeal of a modernized sex-ed curriculum say the document should be reinstated to protect their 11-year-old client and ...
Feb 07, 2019
One city smashes cold record as extreme cold blankets Saskatchewan
SASKATOON - Saskatchewan’s record-smashing cold has caught the attention of a senior climatologist at Environment Canada. David Phillips said it’s tough to break records when temperature s...
Feb 07, 2019

Human-rights groups at odds over who is Venezuela's legitimate leader
OTTAWA - Two of the world’s leading human-rights organizations have sharp differences over the decision by Canada and dozens of other democratic countries to support Venezuela’s opposition...
Feb 07, 2019

Killers like Bruce McArthur should wait longer to apply for parole: Tory MP
OTTAWA - A Conservative MP is hoping to increase the amount of time convicted killers must spend behind bars before they can apply for parole, just as serial killer Bruce McArthur awaits his sentence....
Feb 07, 2019

First Nations boil-water issues 'enormously complicated': Morneau
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau says the “enormously complicated” effort to end all drinking-water advisories in First Nations communities isn’t being held back by a shortage ...
Feb 07, 2019
Woody Allen sues Amazon for ending movie deal
NEW YORK - Filmmaker Woody Allen is suing Amazon for at least $68 million, saying that the company ended a four-picture movie deal last year after old accusations against him resurfaced in the press. ...
Feb 07, 2019
Tigers' Zimmermann, wife give UW-Stevens Point $500K
STEVENS POINT, Wis. - Detroit Tigers pitcher Jordan Zimmermann and his wife are donating $500,000 to the baseball program at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, where both were student athletes...
Feb 07, 2019

Not much Elections Canada can do about fake news spread about candidates
OTTAWA - Canada’s chief electoral officer says there’s not much his independent agency can do to counter fake news circulated about a candidate in the midst of an election. Stephane Perrau...
Feb 07, 2019